Bernadine Kudia said she still hasn't received her $600 refund from Joseph Painting Service, despite a promise from the late owner's daughter that the check was in the mail.

Kudia, you might remember, was featured in the Dec. 3 column after she and her husband hired Joseph Painting Service to resurface their garage floor. The couple paid a $600 deposit for the work, but the company's owner died before he could return to do the job.

His daughter, Gianna Reaney, promised Kudia a refund, but it never arrived.

When the Problem Partner called Reaney, she said she had already obtained a $600 money order for Kudia and had sent it before the Problem Partner's call.

Kudia said the money order never arrived, and Reaney has not responded to repeated requests for an explanation.

Kudia, who vowed to donate half of the $600 to a monastery, is disappointed.